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May 11, 2008
Question
To all the St. Blogs "parishoners" out there:
Do any of you know a charismatic Mass where the music is predominantly Gregorian chant? If so, name the time and place.
Posted by John Schultz at May 11, 2008 11:34 PM
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Any Mass, if we believe the gifts of the Holy Spirit are present, and the ministries of the church are presnt, must be considered to be revealing the charisms of the Holy Spirit and of the Church. Any other designation, Healing Mass, Charismatic Mass, Polka Mass, is speaking of artificial components that have been imposed onto Holy Mass, and as such are inapropriate.
We have one Mass each Sunday that is predominantly Grgeorian Chant.
Posted by: FrKeyes at May 12, 2008 1:04 AM
I don't know of any charismatic prayer groups that sing plainchant in their Masses. How did the question come up?
Posted by: RC 
at May 12, 2008 4:30 AM
To answer RC's question:
Teresa and I took the baby to a "healing" Mass at a parish in northern VA on Saturday evening. It was actually a Mass where about 300 Catholic charismatics gather each month. I ask about the music because I was struck by the garage-band / praise and worship music and how utterly awful it was. I would take banal done in a reasonably musical fashion over garage band any day.
I'll flesh out the rest of my thoughts and post later this week.
Posted by: John Schultz at May 12, 2008 10:12 AM
John, the garage band plays in tongues at "charismatics" Mass...
Posted by: Tominellay at May 12, 2008 3:24 PM
John, was the awfulness in the repertoire or particularly in the performance?
Posted by: RC at May 14, 2008 4:34 PM